SEGAMAT, Oct 16 — A 70-year-old man sustained a forehead injury after he was allegedly struck with a tin of glue by a man outside a business premises in Jalan Mohd Yusof, Kampung Abdullah yesterday, Sinar Harian reported.

Segamat district police chief Superintendent Mohd Jumazanzahir Chek Ismail said preliminary investigations found that the incident occurred after the victim confronted the suspect for allegedly making a commotion outside the premises.

The suspect allegedly retaliated by hitting the elderly man on the head with the tin before fleeing the scene, he said in a statement today.

According to the Malay daily, the victim received treatment at Segamat Hospital for a cut to his forehead.